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And from Al Baqir -asws , he -asws was asked, ‘Why was the Prophet -saww named as the Ummy?’ He -asws said: ‘It is attributed to Makkah, and that is from the Words of Allah -azwj : to warn the Mother City and those around it [42:7] , and the Mother city is Makkah, therefore he -saww is called Ummy due to that’’.

[3] The meaning of ‘Ummy’ حدثنا احمد بن محمد عن ابى عبد الله البرقى عن جعفر بن محمد الصوفى قال سألت ابا جعفر عليه السلام محمد بن على الرضا عليه السلام وقلت له يابن رسول الله لم سمى النبي الامي قال ما يقول الناس قال قلت له جعلت فداك يزعمون انما سمى النبي الامي لانه لم يكتب It has been narrated to us Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Abdullah Al-Barqy, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al-Sowfy who said: ‘I said to Abu Ja’far -asws , ‘O son of Rasool-Allah -saww , why was the Prophet -saww called ‘Al-Ummy ’ ?’ He -asws said: ‘What do the people say’.

I said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws , they are alleging that the Prophet -saww was called ‘Al-Ummy’ because he -saww could not write’. فقال كذبوا عليهم لعنة الله انى يكون ذلك والله تبارك وتعالى يقول في محكم كتابه هو الذى بعث في الاميين رسولا منهم يتلوا عليهم آياته ويزكيهم ويعلمهم الكتاب والحكمة He -asws said: ‘They are lying about him -saww , may Allah -azwj Curse them!

I -asws say that, and Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted has Said in His -azwj Decisive Book: He is the One Who Sent among the inhabitants of Makkah, a Rasool from them, reciting His Verses upon them and purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the Wisdom [62:2] . فكيف كان يعلمهم مالا يحسن والله لقد كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقرأ ويكتب باثنين وسبعين أو بثلثة وسبعين لسانا وانما سمى الامي لانه كان من اهل مكة و مكة من امهات القرى وذلك قول الله تعالى في كتابه لتنذر ام القرى ومن حولها.

How was he -saww able to teach them if he -saww was not good in it. By Allah -azwj !